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Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped

TechCrunch

But even more than entertainment, Bent is enthusiastic about the potential for the metaverse to have an impact through education. Bent’s vision squares up with some of her non-crypto consumer investments at Lightspeed, such as small-group live education platform Outschool. ” A blockchain billionaire’s big bet.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

TechCrunch

XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. echo3D – Cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help quickly build and deploy 3D/metaverse apps, games and content. The Metaverse. NeuroTrainer, Inc. NeuroTrainer, Inc. I-EMS Group, Ltd.

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

TechCrunch

It found that many of the apps also referenced other popular tech terms alongside the word “metaverse” — like “crypto,” “NFTs,” “AR,” or “VR,” for example. Art and Design (13 apps) and Education (11 apps.). Image Credits: Sensor Tower. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

Currently, Asia and North America are the largest eSports markets and with greater adoption of AR/VR, this segment too will see fresh developments. Augmented and Virtual Reality or AR/VR are unlocking new technology avenues for the media and entertainment world. Adoption was less and the price of AR/VR devices was pretty high.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

TechCrunch

The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Another said, “The investor scene focuses on early-stage, scalable tech in healthcare, sustainability and education. We could do with a bit stronger IT education (developers!).

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Hackathons simplified

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

The goal of the hackathon was to educate developers about Alexa. Some commonly used technologies include Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, AR/VR, etc and these have been used to solve problems on customer data management, identity management, and asset trading via hackathons. Blockchain hackathons. Technology hackathons.